THE MUSEYou owe me. Pay up. According to my accounts, you have...
CASUAL FRIENDSend lies to the people listed below....
THE AWARDS COMMITTEEThis is to notify you that--but what's the use?...
THE WISEThe world could fall to pieces with no notice....
UNCLE ALA chicken is a touchy creature....
THE OTHERSHere where we live the lines are down and the surprises build into snowbanks...
DANNYDusty Clinton Township kids making paper roosters and snowball...
SAMUEL RENSBERGER I am your grandfather's grandfather and through my wakeless sleep I dream...
OLD NEIGHBOREast across low muddy fields and behind the screening trees you can see...
THE WORM COUNCILWe call your attention to worms. Though sweeping ice age disaster...
THE HERONI flew in down by the round deep pond behind your house...
WITNESSI saw the largest moon ever rise huge bright yellow, sailing where it cared to...
THE TEMPTATION
The tree was hollow and I
stepped inside. The good round enclosing
shut me in. I heard what
an oak hears in the damp halfdark I chose.
Skin grows in rings, eyes
bark over, voice becomes a windy
mutter. Sap like slow
dynamite finds the secret brain.
Lay at my feet the food or
ornament you think will call
me out. My joints are knobs
of years and will not move.